Leave Your Change

By Daniel Miessler on December 6th, 2005: Tagged as Philosophy

I think everyone, when buying an item from a vending machine, should leave their change in the return slot. I have simple logic for this:

The “good luck” feeling a person gets when they find the left-over change is worth more than the change itself.
  • http://jtpowell.blogspot.com/ Jason

    I’m not so sure that the lucky person says to himself, “wow, what luck” so much as “the idiot that used this machine before me forgot to get his change!”

  • http://jtpowell.blogspot.com Jason

    I’m not so sure that the lucky person says to himself, “wow, what luck” so much as “the idiot that used this machine before me forgot to get his change!”

  • http://kenswain.com/ Ken

    I have to agree with Jason on this one. Everytime I have found change that is exactly what I thought.

  • http://kenswain.com Ken

    I have to agree with Jason on this one. Everytime I have found change that is exactly what I thought.

  • http://dmiessler.com/ Daniel

    Hmm, I guess I’m in the minority (wrong) then. If that’s what most people think when they see the change, then it does little good.

  • http://dmiessler.com Daniel

    Hmm, I guess I’m in the minority (wrong) then. If that’s what most people think when they see the change, then it does little good.

  • Tim

    Now hold on just a minute.

    It’s true that when I find change in the bin i think to myself “the idiot before me left his change”, but I also think “well, their loss, my gain!” and pocket the money.

  • Tim

    Now hold on just a minute.

    It’s true that when I find change in the bin i think to myself “the idiot before me left his change”, but I also think “well, their loss, my gain!” and pocket the money.

  • http://bradwolfe.blogspot.com/ brad

    Maybe it’s because I am a broke college student. Maybe I just like to find money. When I expect $0.45 and get $0.90, I feel pretty lucky. It’s like winning a prize (in a weird way). That’s just my opinion.

  • http://bradwolfe.blogspot.com brad

    Maybe it’s because I am a broke college student. Maybe I just like to find money. When I expect $0.45 and get $0.90, I feel pretty lucky. It’s like winning a prize (in a weird way). That’s just my opinion.


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